After Watson spoke to waiting media following the briefing of parents at Essendon on Tuesday night, Fairfax journalist Caroline Wilson asserted that he was an unconcerned parent, not willing to say anything to criticise the club where he became a football legend.
An emotional Watson used his Morning Glory program on SEN to refute any suggestions that he was not showing compassion when talking about the issue.
"I find it a little bit disgusting really that that has become a narrative in this story," Watson said on Friday morning.
"The suggestion that I'm an unconcerned parent that's been fed to create some sort of narrative on behalf of the club, well quite frankly that disgusts me."
Watson revealed he had had a conversation with Wilson, leaving no doubt as to how disappointed he was with her article.
"She clearly understands what I thought of what she wrote," Watson said.
"I spoke to her in a way that I have never ever spoken to a female before in my life and it didn't really make me feel any better."
Watson said he has seen the emotional effects first-hand, on his wife Suzie and their son Jobe, the Bombers skipper.
"Suzie and I have been living with this for seven months as well," Watson said.
"But I also understand how much comfort going to these parent information nights have been for Suzie.
"We felt better abut the things that we'd been told about the substances they knew about that had been administered to the players."
Watson said he sympathised with ‘Sarah’, the mother of an Essendon player who called Triple M on Thursday to highlight her fears her son had been used as "guinea pig" by the club.
"It was distressing to hear that," he said.
